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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile [#permalink]
 03 Mar 2005, 18:38
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Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.
(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition
Had trouble with this one.
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This is tough.
POE I would say D.
Here are the key areas I focussed on.
Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.
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prefer D
no verb in the second part of E
cant be a case of ellipsis
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hmm....even more serious looks suspicious
will go with E
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I POEd every option away! No choice seems correct, but because i have to move on, i'll take (D).
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Re: SC uncertainties, a whole bunch [#permalink]
04 Mar 2005, 04:14
Grant wrote: Financial uncertainties from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is.
(A) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition is
(B) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be even more serious a deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(C) from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than political opposition
(D) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove to be an even more serious deterrent to the nuclear industry than is political opposition
(E) resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island may prove even more deterring to the nuclear industry than political opposition
Had trouble with this one.
prefer E.
what does the "is" in choice A and D substititute for?
Last edited by chunjuwu on 04 Mar 2005, 22:26, edited 1 time in total.
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D for me
E lacks parallellism in comparison
"is" in D properly compares the act of "being a deterrent" of "politicial opposition" to that of "financial uncertainties"
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OA is D.
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Paul wrote: D for me
E lacks parallellism in comparison
"is" in D properly compares the act of "being a deterrent" of "politicial opposition" to that of "financial uncertainties"
Paul, I'm so curious.
In choice D there is no verb for the is to substitute.
The only verb in the sentence is prove, which cannot be replace with is.
Could you tell my why? Thanks 
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Here is a more simple sentence
Mark proves to be a better player than John is
In bold are just 2 different forms of verb "to be" in order to compare how good a player Mark is VS how good a player John is
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jpv wrote: prefer (E).. b,c,d are passive constructions.
Literally I was sleeping that day.. How it can be (E)... 
thanks for correcting...
Yes.. agree with (D)...
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(D).
Financial uncertainties has to be logically linked with resulting from the accident. So A,B,C is out.
Between D and E, D is better as E isn't parallel.
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E has one more problem "deterring to the nuclear " is not a correct usage "deterrent to the nuclear industry" is the correct one.
D)
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D it is
but I dont think its ||ism being tested here, I think its comparison
we are comparing financial uncertainties vs political opposition
than is required to draw the right comparison between the two!
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why A B and C are not valid ?
I mean comparing the structures of:
-from the accident at Three Mile Island
-resulting from the accident at Three Mile Island
how did you eliminate the first 3 options jut by the beggining?
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Re: SC uncertainties, a whole bunch [#permalink]
10 Mar 2005, 12:51
Financial uncertainties from the accident is wrong. There is no financial uncertainty in any accident.
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D i too used the first part... financial uncertainities from the accident makes no sense, there has to be a relevant link
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